Sam Flynn

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SFFH Author (He/Him) | Debut fantasy/horror novella THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING out now via @press_ghost | Married to @StrawAngela

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Audiobook Lovers Rejoice! 'The Mystery of Pale King' Audiobook Is Here!

1 week ago | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

Title says it all! Pick up your audiobook copy over on Audible or you can support me directly by purchasing on Patreon! Thank you to Sylvia Langille of Timber Ghost Press for her support, Greg Chapman for adapting his cover design for the audiobook, and especially David Peoples for making it all possible as audio engineer since I know fuck-all about that.
Mystery of the Pale King

1 week ago | audible.com | Sam Flynn

"Tonight, my friends, the performance is real. To you, my most faithful, I dedicate this, the final production of 'The Mystery of the Pale King.'" As an orphan growing up in a distant border province, Faron took pride in the epic tales of the Hero of Hathur, a great and powerful warrior who ruled in the name of the sun-worshipping Church of the Sol Creator.
New Sci-Fi Short Story 'Join Us' Available on Patreon

3 weeks ago | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

Brand-spankin’ new sci-fi short story up on Patreon! Join Us opens with space labor unionist Dirk Larsen imprisoned on the planet T’Lairen and interrogated by a faceless crony of the fascist government. As attempts to break his will fail, the roles of jailed and jailer blur, and Dirk plots escape while grappling with the ideals he’s willing to sacrifice to do so.
The Original Sin of America, Part V: Lull of Paradise, Promise of Revelation

Oct 26, 2024 | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

Even if Harris/Walz wins, I have begun to reckon with the idea that my country as I’ve known her is dying, if not dead already. That America cannot overcome its original sin. That the center cannot hold. READ: Parts I, II, III & IVThere’s a saying people like to whip out because it makes them sound smart. “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create hard times.”Thing is, it’s not true. It’s never been true.
The Original Sin of America, Part IV: The Lies We Tell Ourselves

Oct 25, 2024 | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

I wish it could say it is the Democratic Party but to believe that the American system is founded on the basic inequalities outlined previously necessitates a different conversation than left vs. right. Today, the defenders of the American experiment – a multi-racial democracy premised on equality, tolerance, and freedom – are threatened by a) racial animus and b) widespread delusion.
The Original Sin of America, Part III: The White Supremacist Project

Oct 24, 2024 | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

READ Part I and Part II. Now associated solely with the white supremacist project (i.e. the Aryan Brotherhood), the Proto-Indo-Iranian word was at its root an ethnic self-designation used by various peoples in Iran and India thousands of years ago, when humanity spread through Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley and beyond. Likewise the swastika, now a universal symbol of fascism thanks to Nazi Germany, was similarly from Hinduism.
The Original Sin of America, Part II: Property, Slavery and Roman Law

Oct 23, 2024 | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

Countless other civilizations got along fine with entirely different relationships to the material world . It is not an inevitable feature of reality but a construct, same as all human ideas, in this case a binary frame: “mine and thine.”Which brings us to Roman law, habeas corpus, casus belli, etc. the basis for Western legal theory. You might think, as a more younger, more innocent me once did, that the law was about truth and justice. You moron. You fucking imbecile.
The Original Sin of America, Part I

Oct 22, 2024 | sam-flynn.com | Sam Flynn

This is not hyperbole. Much like satire, hyperbole is dead in a ditch on the side on the road. One of the most insidious part of the last 10-15 years has been to watch humor and comedy be hijacked as vehicles for malevolent thought and action.
Mystery of the Pale King eBook : Flynn, Sam: Books

Sep 16, 2024 | shorturl.at | Sam Flynn

"Tonight, my friends, the performance is real. To you, my most faithful, I dedicate this, the final production of 'The Mystery of the Pale King.'"As an orphan growing up in a distant border province, Faron took pride in the epic tales of the Hero of Hathur, a great and powerful warrior who ruled in the name of the sun-worshipping Church of the Sol Creator.
THE MYSTERY OF THE PALE KING by Sam Flynn (EXCERPT)

Aug 19, 2024 | fantasy-hive.co.uk | Sam Flynn

“Tonight, my friends, the performance is real. To you, my most faithful, I dedicate this, the final production of ‘The Mystery of the Pale King.”As an orphan growing up in a distant border province, Faron took pride in the epic tales of the Hero of Hathur, a great and powerful warrior who ruled in the name of the sun-worshipping Church of the Sol Creator.